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Departure by scheduled flight to Tirana. Arrival at Mother Teresa Airport. Transfer to hotel.
Visit of the city. Dinner and overnight.
Breakfast in hotel. Depart for the ancient town of Shkoder in northern Albania, a few kilometers from the Montenegro border. Once arrived, you will visit the ancient fortress of Rozafa (fourth century B.C.) from which one can enjoy a marvelous panoramic view of the city. Shkoder has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and is built upon many historical civilizations (Illyrian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman). The group will take a walk through the pedestrian zone “Rruga Kol Idromeno”, in the city center recently restored with colorful houses and vibrant bars. Time for lunch. The trip will continue along the wonderful Montenegrian coast where lush pine walls coast a transparent turquoise sea. You will stop in the old towns of Budva and Kotorr. Arrival in Dubrovnik and accommodation in hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Breakfast in hotel. Once known as Ragusa, it has a long maintained its independence as the fifth Italian Maritime Republic. Today Dubrovnik belongs to Croatia and boasts a historical center of particular beauty, on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, known also as “The Pearl of the Adriatic”. The trip will continue to Mostar. Visit of Mostar, the main urban center of Herzegovina, founded by the Turks in the 15th century. The ancient district of Kujunciluk, with its narrow streets, the picturesque market, the bazaar, the minarets and the sixteenth- century bridge over the Neretva attract crowds of tourists. Transfer to Sarajevo. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast in hotel. Visit of Sarajevo which is one of the most oriental and culturally diverse cities in Europe. It has spent over 300 years under Turkish rule until the Austro-Hungarians arrived in the late nineteenth century. Bascarsija, the old city center has been completely renovated and is today a very beautiful and lively area. Nearby there is Ferhadiya, the most elegant street of the city in European mittel style, with cafes and shops of all kinds. The siege of Sarajevo, which took place during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the longest siege in the war history of the late twentieth century, which lasted from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast in the hotel, check out and meet the guests and depart for Podgorica. Visit
of Montenegro’s capital and its attractions. Time for dinner. Overnight in hotel.
Departure for Tirana, visit of the city and its attractions. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
After breakfast in the hotel, check out and depart to Departure for Durres, one of the most ancient cities in Albania with the largest port in the country and is the second largest industrial center after Tirana. Durres is located on a small peninsula on the Adriatic Sea coast. The city was colonized by the Greeks in 627 B.C.. It was named Epidamnos, later becoming Dyrrachium. From the Venetian Tower near the harbor, the medieval city walls take you to the Roman amphitheater (capacity 15,000 spectators), the largest in the Balkans, dated second century B.C., which contains a Christian crypt with a rare mosaic. Durres has Roman and Byzantine ruins. Beautiful archaeological museum.
Continue to Berat, UNESCO SITE, called the “city of a thousand windows” divided into an “upper town” of 14th century origin, rich in Byzantine churches; and a “lower town”, adorned with numerous ancient mosques. Its famous districts are the Castle, Mangalemi, and Gorica. Even today, its citadel is inhabited by more than a thousand families. There are countless places of interest in and around the Castle, including early Christian churches, the Cathedral of Santa Maria, and the many mosques built in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
Return in Tirana.
Breakfast at hotel. Departure to the airport. End of services
